This annual edited volume presents an overview of cutting-edge research areas within digital ethics as defined by the Digital Governance Research Group of the University of Oxford. It identifies new challenges and opportunities of influence in setting the research agenda in the field.
The 2022 edition of the Yearbook presents research on the following topics: autonomous weapons, cyber weapons, digital sovereignty, smart cities, artificial intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals, vaccine passports, and sociotechnical pragmatism as an approach to technology. This text appeals to students, researchers, and professionals in the field.
Author(s): Francesca Mazzi
Series: Digital Ethics Lab Yearbook
Publisher: Springer-DEL
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 169
City: Zürich
About This Book
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: How to Counter Moral Evil: Paideia and Nomos
References
Chapter 3: Smart Cities: Reviewing the Debate About Their Ethical Implications
1 Introduction
2 What Is Meant by a “Smart City”?
3 Re-dimensioning the Smart City Definition
4 Network Infrastructure
4.1 Control
4.2 Surveillance
4.3 Privacy & Security
5 Post-political Governance
5.1 Public and Private Decision-Making
5.2 Cities as Post-political Entities
6 Social Inclusion
6.1 Citizen Participation and Inclusion
6.2 Inequality and Discrimination
7 Sustainability
8 Conclusion
Appendix: Methodology
References
Chapter 4: The Intersections Between Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property, and the Sustainable Development Goals
1 Introduction
2 IP and SDGs
3 AI and SDGs
4 AI and IP
5 Discussing Potential Areas for Future Research
6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Cyber Weapons and the Fifth Domain: Implications of Cyber Conflict on International Relations
1 The Cold War: A Recent Lesson
2 Applying These Lessons to the Fifth Domain
3 States Need a New Approach to Defence That Accounts for Both Cyber Weapons and Cyber Space?
References
Chapter 6: A Comparative Analysis of the Definitions of Autonomous Weapons
1 Introduction
2 Definitions of Autonomous Weapon Systems
2.1 Autonomy, Intervention, and Control
2.2 Adapting Capabilities
2.3 Purpose of Deployment
3 A Definition of AWS
3.1 Autonomous, Self-Learning, Weapons Systems
3.2 Human Control
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: English School on Cyberspace: Examining the European Digital Sovereignty as an International Society and Standard of Civilization
1 Introduction
2 Research Methods
3 Conceptual Frameworks: International Society and Standard of Civilization
3.1 International Society
3.2 Standard of Civilization
4 Discussion
4.1 The Emergence of Digital Sovereignty
4.2 The European Digital Sovereignty: Cyberspace with European Values
4.3 The European Digital Sovereignty as a Cyber International Society
4.4 The European Digital Sovereignty as a Standard of Digital Civilization
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Strategic Autonomy for Europe: Strength at Home and Strong in the World, Illusion or Realism
1 Introduction
2 Strategic Autonomy and Sovereignty
3 Achieving Strategic Autonomy
4 Strengths and Weaknesses
5 Conclusion: Putting Europe on the Map, Internally and Externally
References
Chapter 9: Saving Human Lives and Rights: Recommendations for Protecting Human Rights When Adopting COVID-19 Vaccine Passports
1 Introduction: Saving Human Lives and Rights
2 The Importance and Influence of Human Rights and International Health Regulations
3 The Risk of Discrimination
4 Recommendations for Designing, Developing, and Deploying COVID-19 Vaccine Passports
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: In Defense of Sociotechnical Pragmatism
1 Introduction
2 The Politics of Algorithms
2.1 The Sociolegal Landscape
2.2 Framing the Debate
2.3 Fairness and Its Discontents
2.4 The Pragmatic Turn
2.5 Sociotechnical Pragmatism
3 The Philosophy of Explanation
3.1 The Deductive-Nomological Model
3.2 Counterfactuals and Interventionism
3.3 Epistemological Pragmatism
3.4 Trust and Testing
4 Conclusion
References
Index
